<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>vfs_notify_fam</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" title="vfs_notify_fam"><a name="vfs_notify_fam.8"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>vfs_notify_fam &#8212; FAM support for file change notifications</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv" title="Synopsis"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="literal">vfs objects = notify_fam</code></p></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="DESCRIPTION"><a name="id266340"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p>This VFS module is part of the
	<a class="citerefentry" href="samba.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">samba</span>(7)</span></a> suite.</p><p>The <code class="literal">vfs_notify_fam</code> module makes use of
	the system FAM (File Alteration Monitor) daemon to implement
	file change notifications for Windows clients. FAM is generally
	present only on IRIX and some BSD systems.</p><p>This module is not stackable.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="EXAMPLES"><a name="id266827"></a><h2>EXAMPLES</h2><p>Support FAM notifications globally:</p><pre class="programlisting">
        <em class="parameter"><code>[global]</code></em>
	<a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#VFSOBJECTS" target="_top">vfs objects = notify_fam</a>
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" title="VERSION"><a name="id266859"></a><h2>VERSION</h2><p>This man page is correct for version 3.0.25 of the Samba suite.
	</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="AUTHOR"><a name="id266868"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>The original Samba software and related utilities
	were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
	by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
	to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</p></div></div></body></html>
